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You are 100% correct, I made a similar post and had it flagged/deleted, albeit with a bit more anger in mine. Give up man, this is a safe space for the white SV bros to hang out, they delete articles about minorities/black people in tech are regularly, check out http://hckrnews.com/ to see what they remove. Don't mistake Hn for a discussion platform like I did, this is a curated SV accelerator funded PR platform to promote YC companies before anything else, the anger/frustration comes from this place parading/dressing up as a discussion forum, it is NOT.

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As I posted in my sibling reply, I think it might be good if you tried to focus on informing and actually trying to help people change their behaviour, rather than just voicing anger. I understand where the anger comes from, but try to realise that it is the exact thing you're angry about: you're mad that people can't identify with your experience, because you can't identify with not being able to do that without your (constructively formulated) help :)

Interestingly, I'm somewhat afraid that this isn't formulated constructively enough. It's really hard to write this without sounding like I'm attacking you. But I guess that's what discussions are.

I'm sorry you feel that way and would be glad for an opportunity to persuade you otherwise, but there's no mystery in why users flagged https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17637105: it broke the site guidelines. Comments here need to be better than telling others to "fuck right off", even when they're wrong, even when the feeling is understandable. eganist's comment makes the same point more thoughtfully, and didn't get flagged.

Not making any statements about the post in question, but I do think it would be more helpful if posters where given reasons for why posts are being flagged and/or downvoted.

The legal profession exists because rules/laws are subject to all sorts of interpretation. And just as is the case in the outside world, it seems that, if at all, the rules are cited quite frequently for no other reason than someone decided that they didn't/don't agree with something that someone said.

Hell, I've been downvoted a number of times for relaying facts that answer questions people here are asking or for pointing out a duplicate post. As you can imagine, such experiences detract from the experience, but perhaps that is the point?

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